What are your thoughts on this
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@The-Big-G She’s absolutely right. Feminism is all about empowering women until a woman identifies as submissive and then every other woman wants to stop her from being true to herself because it’s not about empowerment so much as conforming to a new standard. Western society (actually all society as far as I know) has tried to force women into a stereotype of virginity and purity for centuries. Women comfortable with their sexuality get labels that have no male equivalent: “slut” “tramp” “bimbo” “skank” etc. The funniest part of it is that the virgin stereotype actually promotes the patriarchy because it gives men complete control of sexuality and the real reason that 90% of men will never admit is that most men are terrified of female sexuality. So instead of learning to control their own sexuality they blame women for controlling it.
Years ago I was a bouncer in strip clubs. Now I make kinky adult videos. For years I’ve said that the sight of a woman’s body has lost the ability to get my heart racing. Now, take that body, lay it out on my bed, fill it with an interesting intelligent person, turn down the lights and put on some good music and you’ll get the reaction you want, but it’s situational these days. I’ve seen topless women walking around New York City and the state of Hawaii where it’s legal and I can appreciate the view of course, but without walking into traffic.
Modern feminism has allied itself with the patriarchy instead of working to dismantle it.
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While I think the Sabrina Carpenter cover thing is not the best example to talk about a woman’s expression of their sexuality etc. (because is she? Or does she want to promote her music? Maybe, maybe not, it’s certainly got us talking about it), it’s opened up a much-needed discussion around “choice feminism” more broadly, i.e. the re-focussing (distracting, even) on the individual level rather than the systemic.
Here’s a snippet of a lecture that I saw the other day that gives some historical context https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSkKVJVUx/
